Mediaeval Manichaean book art : a codicological study of Iranian and Turkic illuminated book fragments from 8th-11th century east Central Asia / by Zsuzanna Gulácsi.

Mediaeval Manichean Book Art focuses on a corpus of c. one hundred fragments of exquisitely illuminated manuscripts that were produced under the patronage of the Turkic-speaking Uygurs in the Turfan region of East Central Asia between the 8th and 11th centuries CE, and used in service of the local M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gulácsi, Zsuzsanna
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Series:	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 57.
Subjects:	Manichaean illumination of books and manuscripts > Asia, Central. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Asia, Central. ART > Techniques > Calligraphy. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Manichaean illumination of books and manuscripts Manichäismus Buchkunst Buchmalerei Manicheïsme. Illustraties. Central Asia
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: A Codicological Approach to a Unique Group of Objects
I. Identifying the Corpus of Manichaean Book Art
II. Dating the Remains: Scientific, Textual, and Artistic Evidence Color plates
III. Codicological Characteristics: Artisanship of Bookmakers and Scribes in Manichaean Turfan
IV. The Work of the Illuminator: The Four Basic Painting Styles of Turfan Manichaean
V. Patterns of Page Arrangement: Integration of Text and Image
VI. The Written and the Painted Message: Contextual Cohesion of Text and Image.

Mediaeval Manichaean book art : a codicological study of Iranian and Turkic illuminated book fragments from 8th-11th century east Central Asia / by Zsuzanna Gulácsi.

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